14 DAY TRIAL // Just like the rest of the world, the notebook sector has been struggling with a very painful shortage of components, and manufacturers out there have been looking into all kinds of approaches in an attempt to deal with the whole thing.
And as it turns out, whatever they tried actually worked, as the notebook market recorded an increase of no less than 8 percent in the third quarter of 2021, mostly driven by a surprising performance posted by Dell.
In fact, HP was the only big name whose sales went down during the quarter, as almost everybody else in the industry managed to record growth in Q3.
More specifically, Lenovo shipped over 15.3 million notebooks, which represents a 5 percent increase year-over-year and a market share of 23 percent. Despite the decline, HP continues to be the number two in the charts with 14.3 million sold units and a 21 percent share.
Dell is now third thanks to shipping a total of 12.2 million notebooks during the quarter, up no less than 50 percent from Q3 2022.
Record quarter for Apple
Apple sold 6.5 million MacBooks, up 10 percent and therefore securing a 10 percent market share.
The data provided by Strategy Analytics indicates that all manufacturers sold a total of 66.8 million notebooks in the third quarter of the year, with a noticeable slowdown recorded by Chromebooks.
“Chromebook shipment year-over-year growth was down to single digits after many quarters of strong sales. The education demand slowed down in the US as most schools reopened for in-person learning and other spending took priority over computer purchases. A few vendors already had orders cancelled or delayed until new budget becomes available for computing devices again,” Eric Smith, Director – Connected Computing, explained.
Q3 was Apple’s best quarter in company history, the report adds, thanks to the 6.5 million MacBooks sold worldwide.